Accident · 1998-05-23
What the record says
- Event date
- 1998-05-23
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18 (N8578D)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight of the airplane's fuel system, and presence of water in the fuel system.
Source: NTSB case ANC98LA054Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.